Project Name:Warped Project Credits: Matthew Hume Project Brief Description:
The project’s idea lies in the way that the material becomes both the sensing and actuating agent. Warped is in fact a set of walls, columns, and arches composed from mechanically joined plywood elements that respond to changes in atmospheric moisture by twisting and bending between open and closed conditions. In particular, the wood grain senses the moisture by expanding, which the plywood cells convert into productive motion.
Warped discovers new uses for the ply process by introducing space and shape between the subsequent layers of veneer. It uses the directionality of the wood grain and its reshaping during shrinking and swelling to re-negotiate the means by which different layers can be controlled. In this way, the material can reshape itself in direct response to environmental moisture, letting the entire structure twisting to various degrees between dry and wet conditions.
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Project Credits: Matthew Hume
Project Brief Description:
The project’s idea lies in the way that the material becomes both the sensing and actuating agent. Warped is in fact a set of walls, columns, and arches composed from mechanically joined plywood elements that respond to changes in atmospheric moisture by twisting and bending between open and closed conditions. In particular, the wood grain senses the moisture by expanding, which the plywood cells convert into productive motion.
Warped discovers new uses for the ply process by introducing space and shape between the subsequent layers of veneer. It uses the directionality of the wood grain and its reshaping during shrinking and swelling to re-negotiate the means by which different layers can be controlled. In this way, the material can reshape itself in direct response to environmental moisture, letting the entire structure twisting to various degrees between dry and wet conditions.
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Relevant Web Addresses:
http://mhume.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/002-warped-research/
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